While the Big Band Era suggests that big bands flourished for a short period, they have been a part of jazz music since their emergence in the 1920s when white concert bands adopted the rhythms and musical forms of small African-American jazz combos. While their place in popular culture dimmed greatly since their heyday in WWII, modern big band has made a resurgence, with the Roy Hargrove Big Band nominated for a Grammy and the Christian McBride Big Band winning a Grammy in 2012.Montclair Patch by Shelley Emling 02.13.12

A Ray Anthony & His Orchestra Toshiko Akiyoshi – Lew Tabackin Big Band Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra - afrobeat Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - jazz, steampunk Ariya Astrobeat Arkestra - afrobeat Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra

B BBC Big Band - jazz BBC Northern Dance Orchestra - swing music Charlie Barnet Big Band - jazz, swing Count Basie Orchestra - jazz, swing Beantown Swing Orchestra - swing Louie Bellson Tex Beneke Orchestra Berlin Jazz Orchestra Berlin Contemporary Jazz Orchestra – free jazz Bill Berry Big Band Jazz de México The Birdland Big Band - jazz Carla Bley Big Band and The Very Big Carla Bley Band – jazz, post bop Bohuslän Big Band - jazz Rob McConnell's Boss Brass - jazz Anthony Braxton's Creative Music Orchestra Les Brown and His Band of Renown - swing Ray Brown's Great Big Band - jazz Brussels Jazz Orchestra - jazz

C The Cab Calloway Orchestra The Capp-Pierce Juggernaut Ralph Carmichael Big Band Benny Carter Casa Loma Orchestra Cherry Poppin' Daddies (revival) Chopteeth - afrobeat Crescent Super Band - Jazz, Jump Swing, Modern Big Band, Swing Revival, Great American Songbook Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra Ray Conniff Spade Cooley - jazz, swing Coon-Sanders Original Nighthawk Orchestra Del Courtney Bob Crosby

D Dallas Jazz Orchestra John Dankworth Big Band - jazz, film music Sam Donahue and his orchestra Pierre Dørge's New Jungle Orchestra The Dorsey Brothers - jazz Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra DR Big Band - jazz Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra

E Billy Eckstine Orchestra - jazz, swing, bebop Ray Eberle and His Orchestra Either/Orchestra Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - jazz, orchestral jazz, swing Les Elgart Larry Elgart The Don Ellis Orchestra Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra Gil Evans & His Monday Night Orchestra a.o. – jazz, third stream, fusion jazz

F Maynard Ferguson Shep Fields and His Rippling Rhythm Ralph Flanagan Big Band - jazz Bob Florence's Limited Edition The Flying Horse Big Band (formerly the UCF Jazz Ensemble I) - jazz, swing, Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz

G Michael Gibbs Orchestra Jean Goldkette Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra - jazz, bebop, Afro-Cuban jazz Globe Unity Orchestra – free jazz Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - jazz, swing Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - jazz, swing music rhythm and blues George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band GRP All-Star Big Band

H Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra Hard Rubber Orchestra - modern jazz, new compositions, multimedia performances Erskine Hawkins Ted Heath and his Music - jazz Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra - swing music, jazz Matthew Herbert Big Band Woody Herman Art Hickman Mark Hilburn and His Orchestra Tiny Hill and the Hilltoppers Earl Hines Orchestra - jazz, swing music, Dixieland Bill Holman Claude Hopkins and His Orchestra - jazz Pee Wee Hunt

I ICP Orchestra – free jazz, avant-garde jazz International Sweethearts of Rhythm - jazz Irakere

J Illinois Jacquet Harry James Big Band - jazz Jazz Composer's Orchestra (founded by Carla Bley & Michael Mantler) - avant-garde jazz Jazz Orchestra of the Delta Gordon Jenkins The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Buddy Johnson

K Sammy Kaye Orchestra Hal Kemp Big Band Stan Kenton and His Orchestra Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy Gene Krupa Kay Kyser and His Orchestra

L James Last Orchestra Syd Lawrence Orchestra Remy Le Boeuf's Assembly of Shadows Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra - avant-garde jazz, post-bop London Jazz Composers' Orchestra Loose Tubes – jazz, post-bop Joe Loss and His Orchestra Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra Humphrey Lyttelton Band

M Machito Magic City Jazz Orchestra Henry Mancini Orchestra Wingy Manone and His Orchestra Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort McKinney's Cotton Pickers Jay McShann Glenn Miller Orchestra Mills Blue Rhythm Band Mingus Big Band Bob Mintzer Monk'estra — John Beasley Buddy Morrow and his Orchestra Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band David Murray Big Band Vaughn Monroe Big Band

N Nighthawks Orchestra

O King Oliver Will Osborne Oxford University Jazz Orchestra

P Pacific Mambo Orchestra Ed Palermo Big Band Gloria Parker Duke Pearson Big Band - hard bop, soul jazz, smooth jazz, post-bop Art Pepper + 11 Ben Pollack Lee Presson and the Nails - jazz, swing music (revival), jump blues, cabaret Tito Puente Orchestra

R Boyd Raeburn The Ramblers Don Redman and His Orchestra - jazz Alvino Rey Orchestra - swing, jazz, exotica Buddy Rich Big Band - jazz Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra RTV Slovenia Big Band Tito Rodriguez Orchestra Luis Russell and His Orchestra

S Bobby Sanabria Multiverse Big Band Sammy Kaye Orchestra Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - swing jazz Maria Schneider Orchestra The Brian Setzer Orchestra - swing music (revival), jump blues Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - swing music Charlie Spivak The Squadronaires

T Jack Teagarden and His Orchestra Dan Terry Big Big Band - jazz Claude Thornhill Doc Severinsen and the Tonight Show Band The Top Hatters Orrin Tucker and His Orchestra Tommy Tucker and His Orchestra

U Unforgettable Big Band Unifour University of North Texas One O'Clock Lab Band

V The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra Charlie Ventura Band - jazz, bebop Billy Vaughn Orchestra Vienna Art Orchestra - jazz, third stream, folk music Tommy Vig Orchestra

W Chris Walden Big Band Chick Webb and His Orchestra - jazz, swing Lawrence Welk Dick Willebrandts and His Dance Orchestra - jazz, swing Gerald Wilson Orchestra - jazz Paul Whiteman Widespread Depression Orchestra Jaco Pastorius's Word of Mouth Orchestra

See also Big band remote List of American big band bandleaders List of British big band leaders List of experimental big bands Territory Bands

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